Tejas Gawande
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Co-founder, Chronicle. Product geek.
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Natural aptitude x Deep interest
Writing refines your thinking
Commit to first class
Exceptional people grow up in exceptional milieus
This seems to be true for >95 percent of the people I looked at.
These naked apes, the humans, are intensely social animals. They obsessively internalize values, ideas, skills, and desires from the people who surround them. It is therefore not surprising that those who grow up to be exceptional... See more
This seems to be true for >95 percent of the people I looked at.
These naked apes, the humans, are intensely social animals. They obsessively internalize values, ideas, skills, and desires from the people who surround them. It is therefore not surprising that those who grow up to be exceptional... See more
Henrik Karlsson • Childhoods of Exceptional People
The adults had high expectations of the children; they assumed they had the capacity to understand complex topics, and therefore invited them into serious conversations and meaningful work, believing them capable of growing competent rapidly.
Taste requires focus
Opportunity is a function of density
Opportunity is a function of surrounding oneself with successful people.
Studies show that individuals end up resembling their five closest friends in various aspects of life. While they may have similar incomes, their financial outcomes vary greatly.
To achieve financial security and success, it is advisable to be... See more
Opportunity is a function of surrounding oneself with successful people.
Studies show that individuals end up resembling their five closest friends in various aspects of life. While they may have similar incomes, their financial outcomes vary greatly.
To achieve financial security and success, it is advisable to be... See more
You rise or fall to the level of your peer group
The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. – Robert Hughes
In a pre-AI world, you needed to define the rules of the game you were playing—to think from first principles and apply them to your circumstances. In a post-AI world, you need to build and use models that recognize underlying patterns—patterns that can’t be reduced to simple rules.
Consider building software. Pre-AI, you needed to define exactly... See more
Consider building software. Pre-AI, you needed to define exactly... See more
Dan Shipper • Five New Thinking Styles for Working With Thinking Machines
Rules vs. patterns
“Everything I do is just personal taste and it’s what [my book The Creative Act] is about. Really, for [people and artists] to trust in themselves. Make something that speaks to themselves. And hopefully someone else will like it. But you can’t second-guess your own taste for what someone else is going to like. It won’t be good. We’re not smart... See more
Write For Yourself
Trust your taste. Do what’s personal to you, take it as far you can go.